Gabrielle Gambrell
Gabrielle Gambrell joined Hachette Book Group as Senior Vice President, Chief Communications Officer in August of 2024.
Gambrell serves as a member of HBG’s Executive Management Board and oversees Hachette Speakers Bureau; branding; corporate, internal, and executive communications; media relations; strategic communications; trade fairs; HBG’s philanthropic activities and environmental program; and works closely with Hachette UK.
Gambrell comes to HBG from Amazon, where she served as Head of Communications for Inclusive Experiences and Technology, Employee Experience. Prior she was Chief Marketing & Communications Officer of Barnard College of Columbia University. She managed teams across the globe as Worldwide Director of Communications and Public Relations at FCB Global, an award-winning advertising agency network. Before FCB, Gambrell was Director of Communications for NBCUniversal leading all global diversity communications. A champion for diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging, as Manager of Communications for CBS Corporation, she was a charter member of the company’s first diversity council. Gambrell joined CBS as a member of the Network Sales Planning team and served as a broadcast associate for CBS Sports. She began her mass media communications career as a Production and Talent Assistant on Disney and ABC’s Daytime Emmy award-winning morning show “Live with Regis and Kelly.”
As a professor, Gambrell shares her marketing and communications experience with students at Columbia University and New York University. She teaches graduate courses in integrated marketing, digital and social media, advanced public relations, media relations, corporate communications, and event planning. She is a current board member of her alma mater, Iona University (M.A., Sports & Entertainment Public Relations, and B.A., Broadcast Journalism, Television, Video Production and Film), who awarded Gambrell their Rising Star Award in 2018 for her early-career achievements. She is also an Iona entrepreneurship career mentor and advisory board member of the Communications, Sports, Entertainment and Media department.
Gambrell has been named to PR Net’s “Marcomms’ Most Influential List,” celebrating top brand marketers and communicators for their leadership, innovation and achievement in the field; Color Magazine’s POWER 40 Under 40, a roster of exceptional young professionals of color who are reshaping industries, igniting change, and inspiring a new era of leadership; Advertising Week’s AWNewYork Future is Female Shortlist, presented by Warner Bros. Discovery; PRNEWS’ list of Top Women in PR; and PRWeek’s Hall of Femme.
She is originally from Los Angeles, California, and currently resides in Westchester County, New York, with her husband, son and daughter.